Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-29
brGUN GUARD.
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n HighWaymen.

the other day, the mem.
gun guard carried it into
and sat down by its side.
sIsl them. The box had
In it, and as usual a
SO look at it and at the
I charge. As there was
She train would start, the
guard fell into q conversa-
train and stage robberies.
ths exploits Of highwaymen
road had been referred to.
ns Of the shotgun men said:
there Il . heap Of talk in
bout the cowardice of men
70 be mixed up in tussels
~ Now, this is all very
- tare 1000 miles away
- low there isn't . Win
ur miles of you, but
on q different aspect
within range. l never
but once. but I have
one time when / felt as
ID like to get out and
the box 60. The fact
20 much money in your
Itself enough to make you
country like this. As a
Agents attack o treasure
Aln they are on you before
VI Then you can fight or
b please. The times that
lrt collar wilt are when
a to believe that you are
and yet are not attacked.
ms OF WARNING.
ried . gun on the Sidney
. month ct one time that
adwood without having
4 notifying me that l was
u that trip. Sometimes
Ing through the postoff ce,
It in Sidney, and several
pushed under my door
ing house when I was
ome of the letters the
ID to be the robber, and
(nd mp his warning with
so lock out, I'll have
may have your Others
gh they were all written
, hand, came ostensibly
parties who pretended to
ny interest at heart! OF
~ that that was q danger
I'd IL was my business to
Dshot; but, after this sort
been kept up for a fort.
began to get nervous. l
cry time I started it took
to get my nerves in con-
ipquiring the value of the
feel Q sort Of relief when
FAtively small. The thing
bn me, and at last l got SO
ould tell how strangers out
me West with exaggerated
Hangers to be encountered,
- found their fears real.
I'LL tell you something that
bld yet.
bad been getting these warn.
ut three or four weeks, 1
ood one day with . box
600. As soon as ! heard the
. bullion the prespiration
me, for, I thought to my.
cut-throats always know
is . big treasure aboard, and
meat. It made me mad to
20 nervous, because the fact
st ran, and I don't think !
nd I walked around a little
! to get my grip. The fact
v was l wasn't we'll. The
BEN heavy, and my anxiety
". But when it came time
at on . reckless air, and get.
ront with the driver I bads
'od.bye and drove off.
TOTAL COLLAPSE.
Do were heavy, and before we
first station, where we were
night, it was dark. Some of
Znow what darkness in west
70 was in those days. We
hree miles to travel before
Tor the night, and Parker,
and l were strainipg our
he light, when, with q sud-
the horses he pulled them
launches and shrieked in
What's that?' Well, now,
1b5taat- that he first
, was . crack like a rifle, and
. we'll - he. 1t may seem
Iulous, and 90 it was, but the
he shrisked I just dropped
,h like . dog. shotgun and
/ happened I can not tell to
I was q total collapse. l
or over myself, and, what is
I found myself in the mud
" the horses heels l could
I'm free to admit that if an
pwn up jest then l would
He could have any thing
cd.
er got down after a little
he up. BY that time he
ID that there were no rob-
and on reassuring,me we
little ways and found that
khich we had heard had
be breaking of q dry limb
|he coach had run. l knew
thing got out it would ruin
business, and i fixed il up
yer 20 that we agreed to say
,ut it. After that trip l
i for . few days, and when
or I went back to work,
Il fallen off from anything
. then, also, I have made it
yer to think much about
lon't do you any good, and it
harm. And that's why l
any remarks when I hear a
, . hold-up rushing around
| that the agent shall take
which he never asks for.
annot control himself. He
I the box, SO to speak, and
nd recuperation. ."-[Dakota